Podcast Episodes

IDF blasts Gaza refugee camp

First: A massive blast rocks the refugee camp in northern Gaza. The IDF confirms it is responsible. Christiane speaks with former Palestinian peace negotiator Hanan Ashrawi. 

Then: Amid the agony for …

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Netanyahu predicts a 'long' war

First: Amid desperation in Gaza under fierce Israeli bombardment, we hear from a from a top Red Cross official there. 

Next: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert discusses what Netanyahu warns w…

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IDF "expanding ground operations" in Gaza

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is “expanding ground operations” in the Gaza Strip, an IDF spokesperson announced during today's show. The announcement came after a series of intense airstrikes on th…

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Former Middle East negotiator Aaron David Miller

As desperation for humanitarian relief grows inside Gaza, the possibility of an Israeli ground incursion looms. According to the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health inside Gaza, more than 6,000 peopl…

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California Governor Gavin Newsom

Before the catastrophe and threat of wider war in the Middle East, the United States was throwing its strategic weight at its China problem. Today in Beijing, California Governor Gavin Newsom met wit…

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World exclusive: Queen Rania of Jordan interview

As Israel continues bombing Gaza, bringing its health care system to the brink of collapse, Jordan's Queen speaks with Christiane Amanpour about the humanitarian catastrophe and the plight of Palesti…

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Israeli journalist Ilana Dayan

Israel is mounting limited ground raids into Gaza to prepare for what it calls “the coming stages of the war” and to search for hostages. It’s also ramping up its aerial assault, launching more than …

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Dealing with the humanitarian crisis in Gaza

The UN warns the conditions on the ground in Gaza are "increasingly dire," with food, water and medicine all running critically low. Right now, trucks carrying vital aid are unable to get to those wh…

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Will Israel learn from the US' mistakes?

First: President Biden warned Israel not to make the same mistakes the US did after 9/11. But will Netanyahu listen? Christiane puts that crucial question to former IDF counterterror expert Miri Eise…

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UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths

As Joe Biden arrived in Israel today, anger boiled over across the region after a Gaza hospital was hit last night. Israel and the United States say it was a failed rocket launch by Palestinian milit…

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